Forestry in the U.S. South: A History
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (735 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807160547 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 408 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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South explores the remarkable commercial and environmental gains made possible through the collaboration of industry, universities, and other agencies.This authoritative assessment starts by discussing the motives and practices of early lumber companies, which, having exhausted the forests of the Northeast by the turn of the twentieth century, aggressively began to harvest the virgin pine of the South, with production peaking by 1909. South spotlights the people and organizations responsible for empowering individual forest owners across the region, tripling the production of pine stands and bolstering the livelihoods of thousands of men and women across the South.. A comprehensive and multilayered history, Forestry in the U.S. The rapidly declining supply of old-growth southern pine triggered a threat of timber famine and inspired efforts to regulate the industry. This set the stage for a unique alliance between public and private sectors, which conducted cooperative research on tree improvement, fer
Carter received degrees in forestry and plant science from Virginia Tech and Duke University before beginning a forty-year career in higher education, research, and administration.A graduate of North Carolina State University and Yale University, R. Kellison received a PhD in forest genetics from North Carolina State University, where he served as the forest silviculturist for over thirty years.. Scott Wallinger worked for Westvaco Corporation for thirty-nine years and oversaw management of company forests in the United States and Brazil.Robert C. About the AuthorMason C
Kellison received a PhD in forest genetics from North Carolina State University, where he served as the forest silviculturist for over thirty years.. Carter received degrees in forestry and plant science from Virginia Tech and Duke University before beginning a forty-year career in higher education, research, and administration.A graduate of North Carolina Sta
Five Stars Jay Harper Outstanding historical document.